Wheel-hub.



No. 837,424. PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

B. C. SENDBLBAGH.

WHEEL HUB.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.9. 190B.

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EDWARD C. SENDELBACH, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS.

WHEEL-HUB Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed March 9, 1906. Serial Nn. 805,123.

5 certain new and useful Improvement in l/Vheel-Hubs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference lo being had to the accom an infr drawings b n o i forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view through a wheel-hub embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse secl 5 tional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, and Fig.

-3 is a detail sectional view showing a slightlymodified form of end point.

This invention relates to wheels for` vehicles; and the object of my invention is to zo provide a wheel-hub which is so constructed that the point-band of the hub will not be bent or crushed by a hard blow.

Prior to my invention it was the general practice to construct heavy wheels-suoli,

z 5 for example, as are used on trucks or other heavy vehicles-with a wooden hub having a cup-shaped end point formed integral with the wooden hub and protected on its outer surface by a metal point-band. IVheel-hubs 5o constructed in this manner did not prove entirely satisfactory, due to the fact that the wooden end point would be crushed when the point-band received a hard blow or knock from anothervehicle or from coming in con- Furthermore, the interior of the wooden cup-shaped end point was easily marred or disfigured by the wrench used in removing or applying the axle-nut.

lVith the object of remedying the objeclo tionable feature above referred to I have de- 4 5 end point is preferably constructed of malleable iron and comprises a substantially tubular-shaped wall spaced awayfrom the interior of the point-band and having out wardlyextending portions which engage the 5o interior of the point-band to strengthen same and prevent it from being crushed or bent. As shown in the preferred embodiment of my invention, the end point is substantially spool-shaped and is provided with a plu- 55 rality of strengthening-ribs -which extend from flange to flange of the spool.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, which illustrate the preferred form of my invention, l designates a truck-wheel hub hav ing spokes 2 connected thereto, the interior of the hub being provided with the usual bore to receive the boxing of the wheel. A pointband 3 is carried by the hub, and the outer Vend of said band is thickened at 4 andtapers inwardlyslightly. At the outer end of the hub is an end point 5, that abuts against the end of the hub and is surrounded by the point-band, to which it is rigidly connected either by shrinking the band on the end point or by driving said end point into the tapered end of the point-band before said band is applied to the wheel-hub. As previously pointed out, the end point is formed of metal and is substantially spool-shaped, comprising a tubular-shaped wall 6, having flanges 8 and 9, which extend approximately at right angles to the outer face of the point-band 3, said fianges being strengthened by a plurality of ribs 10, extending from flange to flange and integral therewith and with the tubular shaped wall 6. Preferably the upper edges of the ribs l0 do not contact with the interior of the point-band 3, thereby facilitating in driving the end point into the tapered end of the point-band. The metal end point constructed in this manner not only absolutely prevents the point-band of the hub from being bent or crushed when it comes in contact with an obstruction or receives a hard blow from the hub of another vehicle, but as said end point is formed of metal its inner face will not be marred by the wrench used in removing or applying the axle-nut.

I have herein shown the point-band in the form of a shell which incases one-half the hub and is provided at its inner end with a flange 13, through which fastening devices pass into the spokes ofthe wheel; but it is obvious that said point-band could incase only the outer end portion of the hub Without departing from the scope of my invention.

In Fig. 3 I have shown an end point of slightly-different form from` that shown in Figs. l and 2, said end point comprising a substantially tubular-shaped wall 6/, having its outer ends flared outwardly 'at 8 and provided at its inner end with a fiange 9', strengtheningribs 10/ being also provided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A truck-wheel hub provided with a ICO IOS

metal point-band, and a metal end point formed separate from the hub and locatedy Within said scribed.

2. A truck-Wheel hub provided with a metal point-band, and a metal end point located Within said point-band, said end point comprising an approximately tubular-shaped Wall spaced aWay from the interior of the point-band and having a projecting portion which engages the interior of the point-band 3 substantially as described.

3. A Wheel-hub provided With a metal band which projects beyond the end oi the hub proper, and a metal end point located Withinthe projecting portion of said band to prevent 'the same from being crushed,.said end point engaging the interior of the pointband near its outer end and adjacent to the end of the hub and being spaced away from the intermediate portion of the band; substantially as described.

4.' A Wheel-hub provided-With a projecting portion; and a metal end point located Within the projecting portion of said hub to prevent the same from being crushed7 said point-band; substantially as deend point comprising a substantially tubular-shaped Wall Which is deflectedat its opposite ends to engage the interior oi' thel projecting portion of the hub; substantially as described.

5. A hub vprovided withV a metal band Whichprojects beyond the `end of the hub, and a metal end point located Within the proj ecting portion of said band and butting against the end of the hub, said end lpoint comprising a substantially tubular-shaped Wall `provided-With portions which extend approximately at right angles to the face of said metal band and engage the interior thereof; substantially as described.

6. A hub -provided with a metal band which projects beyond the end of the hub, and a metal end point located Within the projecting portion of said band and butting against the end of the hub, said end point comprising Walls which extend approximately at right angles to the face of said band, and strengthening-ribs extending from Wallfto Wall substantially as described.

7. A Wheel-hub provided with a' metal band extending beyond the end of the hub proper and having its inner face taperedyand a metal end point located within the projecting portion of said band and butting against the end off-the hub, .said endpoint comprising a substantially tubular shaped Wall `provided With anges Vwhich engage the interior of said metal band; substantially as described. f Y

- 8.v A Wheel-hub provided Witha metal bandextending beyond the end of the hub proper; the youter end yof saidband Abeing thickened and its inner-face being tapered, and a substantially spool-shaped metal end point located Within the projecting portion of saidl band and connected thereto; substantially as described.

9. A Wheel-hub provided With^ametal shell Which' extends beyond the hub proper and which is provided at its inner end with a iiange that engages one side-of the spokesof the Wheel, and a metal end point' formed sparate from the hub and located Within the projecting portion of said shell to prevent the same from being bent or crushed; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereuntoaihxmy signature, in, the presence ofrtwofwitnesses, this 6th day of MarchJ 1906.

EDWARD C. SENDELBACH.

Witnesses: Y

WELLS L. CHURCH,- GEORGE BAKEWELL. 

